Friday, November 9, 2012

Exhibition announcement for a solo show by Maciunas at his seminal AG Gallery, the gallery Maciunas himself founded with Almus Salcius. Legend has it that Maciunas intended to bankroll the avant-garde programming of the gallery by importing luxury foodstuffs from Europe, but neither the art nor the food was enough to keep the gallery open; it would close in July of 1961, after having been open for less than a year. In that short time, however, Maciunas was able to show the works of future members of the Fluxus movement. Scarce, very early Fluxus ephemera from a short-lived but influential space.

Division Leap

Spineless and Stapled is the blog of Division Leap - a gallery and rare bookstore in the St. Johns neighborhood of Portland, Oregon that specializes in archives, art, poetry, zines and ephemera relating to vanguard and counterculture movements. We have a special interest in marginalized or overlooked narratives and secret histories. We host exhibitions, issue print catalogs, and also publish artist books as well as the magazine of the same name.

We are always buying interesting material, from single items to entire collections. If you have any questions, or would like to be added to our mailing list, please feel free to email me; adam@divisionleap.com. Member ABAA, ILAB.